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BRISBANE, Australia — The pandemic punched a A$1.4 billion ($1.04 billion) hole in Australia’s live entertainment industry, as touring ceased, venues shuttered and the number of tickets to live shows dried up by close to 70%, a new report has found. Following a record year in 2018, the health crisis had a “devastating impact” on...

BRISBANE, Australia — The pandemic punched a A$1.4 billion ($1.04 billion) hole in Australia’s live entertainment industry, as touring ceased, venues shuttered and the number of tickets to live shows dried up by close to 70%, a new report has found. Following a record year in 2018, the health crisis had a “devastating impact” on...

The collaborations are linked at a crazy speed on the side of Fortnite, since we have just learned that the next guests to land in the game are none other than Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield, two iconic protagonists of the Resident Evil saga. They are announced a few days after Paul Atréides and Chani...

Like every Monday, it is time to take stock of video game sales in France, and in particular those relating to week 41, that of October 11 to 17, 2021. In fact, it looks a lot like that of last week, since we find exactly the same games, but not in the same place. If...

Adele isn’t going easy on her chart competition. The superstar English singer blasted to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart last Friday (Oct. 22) with “Easy On Me,” which got to the top in record-breaking fashion. Based on early sales and streaming data, “Easy On Me” will top the survey once again. Adele’s...

Coldplay extends its U.K. chart streak, as Music Of The Spheres (Parlophone) rolls to No. 1 with year-best sales. Music Of The Spheres moves 101,000 combined units in its first week, to give the British band their ninth consecutive chart-topping solo album, a run that stretches back to their 2000 debut Parachutes. That sales figure...

Adele’s comeback is complete, as the superstar English singer sets a U.K. sales record on her return. “Easy On Me” cruises to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, Adele’s third leader in her homeland after “Someone Like You” (2011) and “Hello” (2015). The new track carves up the competition with 217,300 chart sales...

Coldplay spiced up their set Saturday night (Oct. 23) with a little help from Sporty Spice herself. Mel C and Chris Martin took the stage together to perform the sultry Spice Girls classic “2 Become 1” at Audacy’s 8th annual We Can Survive concert and benefit at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. “We were...

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, MC Lyte, Trae Tha Truth, Questlove, Big Freedia, Erica Campbell and Recording Academy chairman Harvey Mason Jr. were among the honorees accepting their formal induction into Ebony magazine’s Power 100 Class of 2021 at an event held Saturday evening (Oct. 23) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The...

The singer removed the clip from YouTube following criticism for its portrayal of Black women J Balvin (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/WireImage) J Balvin has issued an apology over the video for his Tokischa collaboration “Perra,” as Billboard reports. The singer confirmed that he removed the clip from YouTube earlier this month following criticism for its...

“Moth to a Flame,” Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd‘s new collab, has topped this week’s fan-voted new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll that was published Friday (Oct. 22) on Billboard, choosing “Moth to a Flame” as their favorite new music release of the past week. Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd’s shimmering club banger brought...

Resident Evil’s Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield are the newest horror-themed skins added to Fortnite, following the likes of Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead. Both are of these famed survival-horror stars are now available for purchase in Fortnite’s in-game shop. They were introduced through a fun little teaser video that you can see below:...

J Balvin has released a statement about his “Perra” music video, which was removed from YouTube last weekend. The music video, in collaboration with Tokischa, showed the Colombian artist entering “el bajo mundo,” where he met up with the Dominican newcomer. The Raymi Paulus-directed visual had Balvin tugging at two Black women on leashes, a group of...

Young Thug achieves his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 30) as his latest release, Punk, debuts in the top slot. The set earned 90,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 21, according to MRC Data. The 20-track Punk boasts an array of guest...

Ed Sheeran is heading back to Saturday Night Live. On Saturday (Oct. 23), the long-running NBC sketch comedy show announced that the English singer-songwriter will appear as musical guest alongside first-time host Kieran Culkin on Nov. 6. The following day, Sheeran revealed on social media that he’s been diagnosed with COVID-19 and will be self-isolating....

Brandi Carlile turned heads during her musical guest debut on Saturday Night Live, shining bright with performances from her latest album, In These Silent Days. For her first song on the Oct. 23 episode, hosted Ted Lasso star and former SNL cast member Jason Sudeikis, the 40-year-old Grammy winner stepped out in a shiny gold...